#FAEF78#FAEF78

#FAEF78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.141 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEF78
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.20, -11.35, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.20, 59.25, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(93.74% -0.034 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(93.74% 0.141 104)
XYZ	xyz(73.6832, 83.4154, 29.9851)
Luminance	0.8341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEF78 #7883FA

analogous

#FAAE78 #FAEF78 #C4FA78

triadic

#FAEF78 #78FAEF #EF78FA

tetradic

#FAEF78 #78FAAE #7883FA #FA78C4

square

#FAEF78 #78FAAE #7883FA #FA78C4

split-complementary

#FAEF78 #78C4FA #AE78FA

monochromatic

#EFDB09 #F8E83D #FAEF78 #FCF6B3 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FAEF78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.68

#FAEF78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEF78

17.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEF78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEF78	1.00	1.19	17.68	17.68
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faef78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.141 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4a2',
    500: '#faef78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faef78;
$custom-light: #fef4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faef78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93742,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.83413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEF78

secondary

#404DD6

accent

#13E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEF78

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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